Botum Park dug up to extend city sewer

23 October 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Cities / Infrastructure / Phnom Penh / Pollution and waste / Urban administration and development / Urban sanitation infrastructure / Urban water and sanitation infrastructure / Water and sanitation / Water and sanitation infrastructure and facilities / Water pollution
Botum Park / Japanese International Cooperation Agency / JICA / Long Dimanche / Phnom Penh City Hall / Toga Uchida

In the latest instalment of a project designed to revamp Phnom Penh’s drainage system, officials have begun work expanding a sediment chamber near the Royal Palace to Wat Botum.

Phase three of the ongoing $350 million drainage system project spearheaded by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in collaboration with Phnom Penh City Hall began in early 2012 and is expected to be completed by April 2015, Long Dimanche, a City Hall spokesman, said. …

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